Although Mystery was still doubtful, she relaxed her hands. However, she was still tightly gripping onto her daggers. She remained alert at all times.

“It’s good that you don’t trust others easily. However, you don’t have to be so tense. I won’t lie to you. Don’t you see how relaxed that rascal is right now?” The old man’s voice echoed in the air. When he mentioned Blue Maple, the displeasure in his voice was very obvious.

Mystery glanced at Blue Maple and remained standing where she was. She didn’t do anything else. However, it was clear that she had relaxed her grip on her daggers.

Blue Maple was acting very idle now. Seeing that Mystery was about to attack the dying Flaming Ghost, he knew that he no longer had to play any further part in the quest.

The test had been completed. What was left to do was purely killing the two Flaming Ghosts. At least that wouldn’t pose any problem for Mystery.

This was why he was so relaxed as he began sipping on his drink. He also acted as if what had just happened had nothing to do with him.

In fact, Mystery...